it's tuesday, jan 1st. this is "today in the bay." >> maybe instead, sit, enjoy the newscast a little bit longer. wait for the fog to clear. >> i like the way you think. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm john kelly. we're going to talk about the fog and what's happening. stay in bed, why don't you? we're looking good in morning. we have the fog creeping in. we needed the rain yesterday. we picked up substantial rain in the north bay. the good news is we still hit the 60s in many cities across the bay. up to 57 as you make your way

home from work. 5:00 p.m. inland. 50 degrees by the bay. we'll take you through the full forecast. things changing through tomorrow. up to 70. first we want to check your drive with mike. >> we advise below the speed limit for your travel speeds. 280. 50s throughout the area of san mateo as well as 101 close to 92. both the areas impacts by the viz map. hundreds of feet below quarter mile visibility. that's why we have a fog advisory issued for the san mateo bridge as well. fog tends to drift south over the course of the morning. it's 5:01 now. we're learning new details in the bizarre machete murder in the normally quiet san jose neighborhood. a 65-year-old woman was attacked and killed in her daughter's home. marla tellez joins us live with the latest information. >> reporter: laura, good morning. we're at the main jail for santa

clara county. this is where 40-year-old sagal sadig is locked aup. she's the main suspect in the gruesome death of yvonne kirk. she was killed friday with a large machete inside the home she shared can kirk's daughter. now according to sadig, the daughter is on vacation in puerto rico. >> seemed very nice. said she had a partner that lived with her. >> now, manema's facebook page says she works at goodwill of silicon valley. i've reached out to her for comment on facebook and good will. at this point investigators are not saying why yvonne kirk was visiting her daughter's home.

she is being held here at the main jail in santa clara county. she's set to make her first court appearance on thursday. >> thank you very much, marla. >> investigators looking into the cause of a deadly accident involving cal train. a woman was struck and killed after 7:30 last night in menlo park. the train was heading south from san francisco to san jose. last year there was a total of 16 fatalities. l.a. police say they've arrested a man suspected of setting more than 50 fire over four days. he is being charged with one count of arson and held without bail. they stopped the suspect's van early yesterday morning and found materials in his car linking him to several fires

killed overnight. he resembled the person of interest captured on video tape. the fires caused nearly $3 million in damage. police are looking for your help after a local high school was burglarized. it was burglarized after they broke into petaluma high school. so far, no word on what, if anything was stolen, if you saw somebody in the area at that time, you're asked to please call petaluma police. >> new red light cameras will be online as a busy intersection known for activists. the city plans to activate the camera that fell last month. the city has seen the share of accidents. 17 between 2007 and 2009. fine can run more than $500 a daly city man is testing the

limits on openly carried handguns. on new year's day the controversial new lauk took effect making it illegal to carry an exposed and unloaded handgun. the next day the man showed up carrying an unloaded shotgun. he was not arrested because the new law only applies to handguns. critics sound off over bart's airport connector project. they say bart has fallen short of its promise. christie smith is live in oakland where the debate continues. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, jon. right now bart officers a bus to the airport. so this is considered a pretty major upgrade. after years in the making, it's finally taking shape out here. sort of an elevated system. the columns are going in. you can see them from 880 all the way to the oakland airport.

if all goes as planned there trains will move riders to the airport on a raised track. according to the tribune, supporters say it's a victory to provide 2500 jobs that are really needed in the area and keep the airport growing at a cost of $500 million. but there are very vocal critics who say all the jobs that were promised probably really aren't coming. and the price of $500 million is awfully high considering earlier estimates were closer to $130 million. bart is defending all this, saying they didn't make the early estimates, and there were delays in an economy that's still sour. exactly how much the 3.2 mile ride will cost for each rider is still up in the air.

i'm christie smith. jon and laura, back to you. >> iowa republicans will make their pick for the 2012 presidential race in the first contest of the campaign season. it's the stirs ffirst step in d which candidate will challenge barack obama later this fall. most of those running were out in force in the final hours trying to sway undecided voters. she will break down the details later in the hour. for the first time spectatorscan not watch the contest from the beach or from the break. last year several strong waves swept more than a dozen spectator ls off of the beach. this year organizers will hold a festival with live tv coverage of the big wave competition at a nearby hotel. thursday there will be a public meeting held at 6:00 p.m. at the

half-moon bay yacht club. >> those from pretty big waves. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren with a look at the forecast. >> it's really thick out there. pea soup fog. even by san francisco standards, it's very dense. you have three miles of visibilities in san jose. three miles in livermore. now just half a mile of visibility in oakland. you can only see from 50 to 200 feet in some spots. take it easy o out there. these are cities that picked up moisture. now high pressure is moving in, compressing the moisture. you lose visibility as a result. i think the high pressure will be very good -- it will do the work to push the fog out by the south bay especially. san francisco, you may be socked in all day.

temperatures are still able to climb to the upper 50s. today we see a comfortable afternoon. places like los gatos and san jose. wait until i get to your seven-day forecast. not only have i nudged up your numbers by 5 degrees to 8 degrees tomorrow, we're going to stay nice and mild over the course of the weekend, and we have a pretty good shot of seeing rain and sierra snow. right now let's find out how the fog is treating you on the roadway roadways. >> allow extra time. lower the speeds. 50 to 100 feet in san francisco. very tough to see along the peninsula as well. as chp reports this, you will know it's there. brightly lit up by the yellow and blue sign. this is off the shoulder, but you'll see flashing lights. a couple of chp units on screen. no major injuries or slowing through this portion of your peninsula commute. we'll get a look at travel times approaching the bay bridge.

that's moving smoothly as well. although we have green, speeds are towards 60 where typically we see 65ish. so folks are lowering the speeds a little bit through oakland. as christina mentioned, visibility lowerring in that area as well. definitely a problem for fog across this bridge as well as most of your other bay area bridges. off the right, depending on whether or not you have a fancy wide screen tv, you can see the sign lit up. heavy fog, reduced speeds. i don't think we can see the sign on my tv at home. we need a fancier tv. we'll send it back to you guys. >> you just missed your christmas opportunity. 5:10 right now. a squirrel monkey stolen from the san francisco zoo on friday resting comfortably back at home. >> that's right, a cold beverage, some direct tv. the zoo keeping banana sam in kwarn teen in the hospital while they monitor his health.

a man that found him wondering in stern grove turned him over. he's eating well, acting normal. police have not made any arrest. >> he had a little vacation outside the zoo. >> 5:11 now. a new law takes effect to reign in distracted drivers. the move to ban cell phone use for commercial drives. plus, electric car makers hoping for a better year in 2012, while sales are up. coming up a little bit short. you never come up short on facebook. for the latest news,fic, weather and good conversation, find us on nbc bay area [ coin ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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welcome back, everyone. we give you a live look at san jose right now. very quiet. not a lot of fog down there. christina loren will be here to tell you about how tough it is to see all over the place. mike will talk about the traffic. it's 5:14. >> visibility is rough out there. right, christina? >> yeah, and it's dropping like a rock in san francisco. we're expecting the worst fog to develop between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00. after that, offshore flow should kick in and push the cloud cover back out to sea. but we're going to be in the thick of it for the next couple of hours. you are down to 50 to 200 feet of visibility along the peninsula. just because your city might report visibility up wards of three miles, fog drifts around. so we have really thick pockets. you walk out the front door and it's nice and clear, you likely have to slow down due to low visibility. 46 in novato.

throughout the morning hours but once the sun breaks through the clouds, gorgeous afternoon. and temperatures in the 60s later today. i want to nudge jury temperatures up to the mid, maybe upper 60s for today. but i think the fog will keep you nice and cool alock the coastline. clouds increase thursday. maybe a few isolated showers in the north bay. i think the clouds will increase thursday. by friday, plentiful sunshine. cloudy start on saturday. maybe some showers. we have a better changs. maybe a 40% chance late sunday to monday. a cold systeming in from the north. we'll talk more about that. what to expect when the fog is expected to clear your doorstep. i have the future cast ready to go in my next report.

>> it's good, but it's not great. that's when the fog can thicken up as well. so far most of the northbound routs are just fine. first of all, we had this accident northbound 101 at university avenue. we've the accident on the shoulder. over there, southbound 280 showing slowing there. 101 we've seen slowing and the san mateo bridge, we have the dense fog advisory. a live look shows you what they're talking about.

and then across from the oakland side we have fog. you can see the toll plaza. we'll get it back to you. >> it's a new year for the stock market. and this morning we're getting the first look at how 2012 is treating wall street. for more on that auz and news before the bell, let's turn to brian shactman live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. so far so good. u.s. stock futures are strongly higher. asia is up. europe is up. we have friday's jobs report. perhaps the most important. today we get data on manufacturing, construction spending, and the minutes from last month's fed meeting. the dough fell 69 points on friday.

the nasdaq was negative for 2011. the s&p 500 around the flat line for the year. we'll see what happens today and the the rest of 2012. in terms of auto industry, sales of liktry cars are not doing well. they sold a combine 0,000 units. that's a lot less than expected. the volt was hit by recent news of batteries catching on fire days after crash tests. gm says the problem is under control. the leaf was hurt by distribution problems and supply disruptions from japan's earthquake. interestingly enough, both nissan and gm plan to increase production in 2012. if you have a few million dollars burning a hole through your pocket, you want to spend it on a super bowl ad, you're out of luck. usa today reports nbc sold out owl the spots by the game for thanksgiving at a record of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot. nbc does say there will be more long form ads of 60 seconds or more.

those will probably sell, too. cars are ruling the market. volkswagen had the great kid r darth vader ads. 5:18 right now. it looks like a very busy day for ups. they are expecting to handle half a million package a day. that's increased to more internet shopping and retailers improved quality. electronics expected to make the bulk of the returns. new laws trying to crack down on distracted drivers. all commercial drivers, including bus and truck drivers are banned from using hand held cell phones. the new law will affect an estimated 4 million commercial

drivers. this law allows only emergency responders and roadside assistance workers to use the hand held cell phone. 5:19 now. an angry honda civic hybrid driver says her 2006 honda civic is not delivering the high mileage it promised. she's going at it all alone in small claims court. it could result in a bigger payout if it doesn't backfire. it's 5:20 right now. california's snow pack starting out the new year on a sour note. we'll explain. plus, a nationwide push to make cars safer. why a nonprofit group is requiring to back up the back-up cameras on cars.

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welcome back, everyone. a nice clear look outside. this is not the case close to some of the bay bridges. bay bridge socked in the fog as well as the golden gate. we'll have a look at the morning commute coming up. kidsincars do kidsinca kidsincars.org asking seven hospitals to give information

about data from 2007 to 2009. 46 kids were killed and 140 others injured. they want rear view cameras to be required in all cars. some worry a camera gives parents a false sense of security. but one mom says it's a good idea. >> she would love that. as you see, her little one runs around. and doesn't want to stay in one place. they are stepping up pressure to require back-up cameras in new cars starting in 2014. it's 5:24. the latest rumor. the company is planning a big announcement, but not on the west coast. most apple events take place in the south bay or in san francisco. several news agencies say it

will be in new york city. and it could come later this month. in new hardware but a discussion is thought about electronic books. the last major announcement involving apple was one year ago. they were going to appear to announce a new magazine app on the day. we don't have video because the crews couldn't get to it. a story we first brought you yesterday about the solar company shutting down in michigan. talked to the ceo of global watt. he said some of the jobs will come back to fremont, though on a much smaller scale. from hundreds of planned jobs in michigan. they were talking $100 million facility. to figures he figures about a dozen, maybe less in fremont,

california. it's amazing how disappointing solar has gotten. >> and the expectations put on it as well. >> still to come. it's been a very dry winter. no drought warnings yet. why they're not panicking over the dismal snow pack. >> today we can see the green light for what would be the bay area's newest sports stadium. i'm bob redell. we'll have the story coming up. and thick fog is blanketing the bay area. i'll let you know when the fog will clear your city and when we might get some sierra snow and bay area rain in my full forecast. >> and with the return to many schools back in session, we're seeing the commute ashehehehehee we. we'll sesee how things are shapg up, coming up. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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murder. the murder weapon, a machete. i'm marla tellez. what neighbors have to say about the gruesome killing coming up. >> oakland residents vow to take back their streets in the new year after another child is killed by a stray bullet. now we're hearing from the boy's father. what he has to say coming up. also iowa republicans making their choice for president today. why today's caucus could set a precedent for the campaign season. >> a foggy start at the golden gate bridge. traffic is picking up on this tuesday, january 3rd. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. tharngs for joining us. 5:29. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> we find out what's happening between all the fog.

>> it's going to get worse before it gets better. you may walk out your front door and see a clear sky. that doesn't mean you won't encounter the fog when you hit the highway. it's really dense. it's drifting around. and our visibility is dropping. livermore, san jose and concord. you're still fairing the fog pretty well. but you're going to start to drop off through the next hour or so as well. we'll keep iing visibilities for you. and we'll talk about a 70-degree day for you. 5:30, mountain view. mike, your hometown. any driving tips for people out there this morning. >> yeah, definitely. lower the speeds. watch the center line as well because of the fog throughout most of the bay area. definitely an issue for the carquinez bridge and the benicia bridge. that's an issue, folks. definitely lower the speeds. look at that. already around 40. that's the start of the commute. it's back for 2012.

happy new year! >> thank you very much. >> it's 5:30. this is nothing short of a grew sh scene. beaten and hacked to death inside her daughter's home. we have new information this morning on the killing of a 65-year-old woman with a machete. marla tellez is live with more on the connection between the victim, her daughter, and the suspect. good morning, marla. >> reporter: jon, good morning. it's certainly like something out of a movie. here's what we know. 40-year-old sagal sadig is being held here at the jail. she was living with her partner in willow glen. she was found standing outside their home on johnson avenue covered in blood on friday. inside police found her mother, 65-year-old yvonne kirk dead, allegedly killed with a large machete. neighbors called the crime shocking and horrifying. >> this just doesn't happen, you

know. to us on a daily basis. not good news. >> this morning i have reached out to h daughter via her facebook page. sadig says she's been out of town for a few weeks vacationing in puerto rico. police are not saying much about a motive. if you know anything, you are asked to contact san jose police. a deputy says sadig is considered a 5150 hold. that means she's considered a danger to herself and to others. she's being held here without bail. reporting live from san jose. i'm marla tellez. jon? >> it's 5:32. an east bay community is ringing in the new year with a reality of the same old problem. the residents want to take share streets back.

5-year-old gabriel was shot and killed. his father choking back emotion explained what happened. >> translator: a man he had never before said something to him and he didn't understand him. he was in the taco truck he owned with hi wife and child and someone started shooting. he knew his son was dead before he fell to the ground. >> tragic. police say they have few leads in the murder. members say they're not giving up. >> jury selection will begin in the trial of a gang member accused of killing a father and two sons. prosecutors say 24-year-old edwin ramos shot tony and two of his boys to death in june of 2008. a third son says he flashed a

gun before the shooting. he tolding investigators he was driving the car but was not the gunman. police believe they were mistaken for rival gang members. the city of oakland ready to take down a symbol of the occupy movement. police say they're creating a threat to the public by attracting illegal activity. protesters say the tp and table should remain because they're not responsible for actions happening outside the designated area. bob redell is lived a at the proposed site. it could throw a rench in the team's plan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today is the last day anybody can petition against it. now, assuming no one issues a

challenge, then a team would be able to start construction on the $60 million, 18,000 seat stadium. some people who live near nearby are concerned about the noise the stadium would bring to the neighborhood. we spoke with a team this morning. they have met with the residents to address their concerns and will continue to meet with them if the stadium plan goes through. they will begin selling luxury suites. the stadium would take 9 to 12 months to build. the team tells us they would make the ground breaking a big event open to the public and its fans. >> it would be a big celebration to the fans. thank you very much. >> today we'll find out how much or how little water we have in

the season's snowfall. state officials are unveiling results from the first snow pack test. and no, it's not looking good. they expect about 24% of normal amounts of water in that snow pack. if i do the math, that's 75% less than normal. it's not a problem yet. officials say there's still plenty of water from last year's record snowfall. >> there you go. very impressive. >> but it would be nice. you see them making it out there. if they get some cold days. i want to check in with christina loren. down here we're getting warm ones. >> and they're going to warm tomorrow as well as today. so making all that snow maybe working with the high pressure out there. we're going to see the palt earn change. i don't think it's a horrible ski season. probably won't last into july. some of the resorts, that was amazing. i think we'll see later activity when it comes to the pineapple

express that delivers the moisture that we traditionally see that we've been waiting for. this morning something we're very accustomed to, the deep pockets of fog out there. all the way from san mateo through santa rosa. you'll encounter treacherous driving conditions for the next 15 to 20 minutes in this area. as we head throughout the morning hours, between 6:00 and 7:00 the fog will be at the worst, and that's when you really need to take it easy out there. we should be socked in all the way at that point. so let's talk about what's changing throughout the day today. your temperatures are starting out nice and mild. as we lose the cloud cover, i think you'll warm up by 10:00, maybe 11:00 a.m. down through san jose. wen we meet back for the 11:00 a.m. broadcast, i think we're still going to be socked in with fog in the city by the bay all the way to redwood. by noon we should get clearing. that will make for a comfortable afternoon in places like san francisco. 59 degrees. you have to wait for the sun to shine. 63 in los gatos. 62 in san jose.

so i did promise a chance of rain. that's in my seven-day outlook. we'll talk about that, whether or not your city is going to get any rain through wednesday and thursday there's a very slight chance but only for some cities. i'll let you know if that's yours coming up. first want to check your drive with mike. >> we'll take you to the roadways where highway 4, i want to show this again. we vice president seen we haven't seen it for a few weeks. the slowing has escaped the confines of the orange circle. we'll track that over the course of the morning. but another live look out there will show you the bay bridge toll plaza and a few cars waiting to get across the bridge there in the cash lanes. so already we're seeing a heavier volume aproching the bridge and at the toll plaza than the last few weeks as well. we expect tuesday to be the start of the commute returning. we're looking at the san mateo bridge which has a fog advisory. christina is talking about visibility in towards 50, maybe 100 feet.

so we'll watch for that effect on the roadways. so far speeds close to 60 through the area. and the earlier accident northbound 101 at university has cleared from the roadway. you're heading into the fog in san mateo. back to you. >> good advice. >> 49er playoff tickets going on sale this morning. already the pickings are slim. foind out how much they're selling for. plus, it is decision day for iowa republicans and gop candidates are making final pushes for the votes. we'll have a live report from iowa coming up nec. and for the latest news, traffic and weather, how about some good conversation to go with that? find us on facebook at nbc bay area.

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milestone today. >> the iowa caucuses will be held tonight to kick off the decision on who will face president obama in the general election. tracie potts is live in des moines where several of the candidates have already predicted victory. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. mitt romney says he's going to win here, and then his people backtracked and said he's not talking about iowa. he said we're going to win and then we're going to win other states. it certainly sounded like he was talking about today's caucus. he's the front-runner, but really only by two points, which is within the margin of error. ron paul right on his tail. we were at one of his events here in des moines yesterday. huge crowd. they had to open up part of another room to accommodate the media and the undecided voters. two out of five. according on the latest poll still haven't made up their minds. they go to the caucus, still

able to vote for someone else as late as tonight. another key factor, rick santorum, who is moving up in the polls and also seeing the super big crowds. newt gingrich out of the top three in the polls, but not necessarily out when it comes to how he may do today. it's still up in the air. what's important in iowa to voters here is that the conservative vote. but this year analysts say they're much more focused on electability. who can beat barack obama? jon and laura. >> several candidates are looking beyond iowa, making plans for the next big primaries. mitt romney is planning stops in new hampshire and south carolina for the rest of the week. rick perry is headed to south carolina. the southern vote could become a key factor in the race because what happens in south carolina could be a sign if republicans are more focused on the

candidate who is most conservative or the one who can beat obama. >> it's hard to believe considering the nice weather we've been enjoying out here. but brutal winter weather is hammering other parts of the country. this is what they're dealing with in michigan. a winter storm warning around grand rapids. forecasters say things will get better later in the day. the storm is part of a larger front bringing in much colder temperatures to the midwest and eastern parts of the country. mean tile, in central indiana, more than a dozen cars slammed right into each other on an interstate in indianapolis because of ice covered roads and near white-out conditions. that's not fun to drive in. anywhere from half an inch to half a foot of snow fell on major interstates throughout yesterday. ouch. >> got to be a horrible feeling. out of control and sliding. >> there's nothing you can do. >> we'll take the white stuff if we can get it.

>> at the very end of my seven day, there's a chance for that. and it's not phenomenal. but we have a very slight chance of seeing some more rain pass through the bay area. we had some yesterday. it's that additional moisture being forced to the surface by a ridge of high pressure. you are dropping like a rock in terms of visibility i long the peninsula up to the north bay. and we are looking really, really dense. even down through san mateo and redwood city. so we'll continue to see the fog develop throughout the next few hours. the good news is the high pressure is still in control to clear the sky later on today. we'll wait until probably 11:00 a.m. in the south bay. i'll take you to the future cast in one moment. comfortable considering we had low 20s. 50 degrees in san francisco. 44 degrees in santa cruz. so your visibilities are dropping, but this map is

generic. let me tell you now, you might walk out your front door, lit be clear. then you hit the highway and lose visibility. so we have dense patches out there. take it easy, even though san jose is reporting three miles of visibility. five miles in concord. so it all works out like this throughout the day today. you can see the storm track is well to the north. some of the clouds are pushing through. some of them are so deep over the central valley that light showers and drizzle. for us that could be the case as well. it's going to get worse before it gets better. boom, 7:00 a.m., fog. widespread across the bay area. then we'll round out the day, noon. looking pretty good. more clear inland.

still probably thick fog hugging the coastline. still we're going to hit the 60s. 63 in los gatos. hold your horses. take a look at where we're headed tomorrow. 70 degrees inland. a really comfortable afternoon on wednesday. we'll hold onto the upper 60s. unusually warm this time of year, thursday into friday. and then the showers with sierra snow on late monday. let's check the drive with mike. >> the commute is returning for many spots in the bay area because schools are returning as well. so we have no problems for the south bay. we have heavier problem. we expect to see slowing around 680 over the next 20 minutes. we'll look at sunol because that's a great shot. southbound 680 out of sunol and over the the grid into fremont.

but right past the gulf we could see the fog develop. right now it's a patch of clearing. but we'll have a pocket of fog here, as well as many other spots in the bay area. we'll look at the maps again. we're showing the drive in towards the dublin interchange. we have now about a 15-minute drive. because of slowing that is developing now out of the altamont pass and heading in for speeds to the 50s that will continue to north livermore over the next half hour. a slower drive also for highway 4 out of antioch and off the bridge. all the way to summer'sville. 66 at willowpast east. that will continue to bleed to concord. partly due to the volume and also due to the fog to the benician bridge. >> mike, thank you very much. the kid gave it everything he had. unfortunately for andrew luck he ends his stanford career suffering a loss at the fiesta bowl. >> i'm not going to say shoulda,

woulda, could a. they won. they made the plays that needed to be made. they won. we didn't. it's hard to have a loss the last game of the year. i'm still proud to represent stanford. so grateful to be a part of the locker room. >> luck played great, but the cardinal couldn't get it done in regulation. the cowboys take it 41-38. this was likely luck's final game at stanford. he's expected to interthe nfl draft and possiblily go number one to the colts. enough of the warm-up games. time to get down to business. tickets will go on sale for the ni niner's first post season game in a decade. >> online dealers have been busy taking orders since last week. one broker selling 50 yard line seats for $650 for the playoff

game on january 14th. the niners say the general public will get a chance to buy tickets at 10:00 only on ticketmaster. the game is almost sold out already. reports say he's said to be a finalist to replace joe paterno as penn state's new head coach. he interviewed for the job back in november. it's already sparking a little concern for the 49 erz, who could find themselves searching for another assistant coach. it's 5:50 now. coming up, a man puts a new gun ban to the test at a bay area shopping mall. why he was not arrested for carrying a gun in public. plus, a break in a string of arson fires in southern california. why one man is behind at least 50 of them.

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welcome back, everyone. it's 5:53. a suspected serial arsonist jailed in los angeles. police say he's the man behind 50 fires over a four-day span. 24-year-old harry burkhart, a german national is being charged with one count of arson and being held without bail. police stopped his van early in hollywood. they found material linking him to several fires set overnight. police say the suspect resembled a person of interest captured on this videotape near a carport.

the east palo alto woman who lost her home when a small plane crashed into it will have the money to build. a settlement is imminent for multiple. a cesna carrying three engineers slammed into the home in february of 2010, narrowly missing jones' three daughters who were sleeping inside. a man in daly city is testing the new open handgun law. it's now legal to carry an exposed handgun in a public place. the next day a man showed up at a mall carrying an unloaded shotgun. he was questioned by police but not arrested because the new law only applies to handguns, not

shotguns or rifles. gun rights activists are suing the state over the new law. we'll out the new year with a bang. from china and india showing the countries continue continuing to grow. that's good for us. a big day on friday. we'll get the latest unemployment report as well. last weekend the year because monday was a holiday for most people. now 2011 not great at the box office. attendance in movie theaters fell to a 16-year low. "mission impossible" turned out pretty good. several movies didn't reach the

hopes. there's so many ways of watching them these days. >> a lot of times new years resolutions when it comes to this time of year. like the both of us. >> i was eating carrot cake during the break. >> that's your second helping. >> let's not point that out. >> there's an app to help you out. >> let's read. two harvard grads made the app. you make a pact and tell the app how many days you want to exercise. if you don't go, your credit card is charged $5. at the end of the week, money from those who missed their workouts is divided and given out to those who kept their pact. >> that's a good idea. >> you want to do it. >> let's put some money where our muscles are. i like that. >> where my mouth is. construction has started. but that doesn't mean the controversy has ended over bart's new airport connector in oakland. why some residents are still not

happy about it. and speaking of airport. thick fog is forcing flight delays out of sfo and disrupting your smooth commute. we'll tell you where it's the thickest. coming up next. don't snooz on the commute. i'll show you what i'm talking about coming up. hey guys, breakfast!

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